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Rite Aid Deals for September 28 – October 4

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Emergen-C (30 ct) priced at $13.69Buy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 2Use $1.50/1 coupon
Pay $12.19, Get $2 +UP$10.19 each after coupon and reward*These will ring up with your Wellness+ discount, so as low as $7.45 each after coupon and reward

****Deal Scenario****(2) L’il Critters Vitamins (120 ct) $10.99
Use (2) $1/1 L’il Critters coupon
Pay $19.98, Get $8 +UP$5.99 each after coupons and reward*These will ring up with your Wellness+ discount, so as low as $3.79 each after coupons and reward

****Deal Scenario****(4) Pantene Shampoo or Conditioner $3.33
(5) Pantene Stylers $3.33
Use (2) $4/2 coupon
Use (5) $2/1 Pantene Styler coupons or from 8/31 PG or 9/14 SS insert
Pay $12, Get $10 +UP$.22 each after coupons and reward*Rite Aid does have a limit of 4 like coupons per transaction, but since these are all from different sources you should be fine.

In case anyone else got a raincheck on the Lysol wipes: I hunted those suckers down at multiple stores till I found some today in King City. Because the net price at the register was only $.50 for 3 ($2.50 x 3, less $7 UP value), the cashier refused to accept the $1/2 Lysol VV cpn, which of course would have worked had I found/bought these when on sale. Never was able to find that elusive $.50/2 wipes cpn that Melody advertised.

I think others have mentioned this, but I loaded every Oct VV onto my account between Sat night and today, then looked at My Rewards and found bupkis (that’s Yiddish for “nothing”). I did an online chat with RA, but the agent told me to click on a life preserver logo and report it to AdPerk. I found no such logo, so I sent an email to Cust Service. I refuse to load them again, so I will just view and print them one at a time if I need them the 2nd half of Oct after I return home from the land of no RiteAids.

I don’t get the math on this one. 8 would cost $40, less $20 in cpns and two $5 UPs, so it would be pay $20 and get $10 in UPs, or $1.25 each. A smarter scenario would be to buy 6 for $30, use $15 in cpns (3 @ $5), pay $15 and get $10 in UPs, or $.83 each. The other deal below seems to make more sense on the $4 products.

They don’t track for +ups on amounts less than $8 (and I have had several painful experiences on this type of Suave deal in particular- so I feel your pain 🙂
Had a thought-since there is a limit of 2 of this type of coupon-& I noticed there are several suave LTC coupons-with no exclusions in the fine print, I think these will work with the paper coupons-I am going to try tomorrow.

They aren’t traking bc of the misprint. This is for Axe and Suave. Buy 2 get $2+ups. Originally printed as spend $6 get $2+ups. They had notes up at my store yesterday. Buy 1 at a time and get bupkis (as Howard put it :-)).

You should be fine on the amount of coupons, especially since they are all different values (limit of 4 like coupons in 1 transaction). The only problem I could see is not being able to find 16 bottles, unless your store is really well stocked!

I checked my Albany location, and neither of these products were tagged on the shelf with deals. I didn’t get the ad supplement with my paper today either. Was this ad for a targeted area outside of Oregon, like Vancouver?

Lots of good-sounding deals, but on Friday morning I am leaving for 15 days in a place far, far away where there are no RiteAids. So I cannot earn any new UPs this week, and in fact, have $6 in UPs that expire this week that I must use on whatever won’t earn me new ones. 🙁

You may just have to go the store and look for the tag. I’ve had to put my faith in Melody a number of times, and have always been rewarded with a good deal. 🙂 The bonus of these locally unadvertised deals is that the store in your area will be well stocked.

To avoid possible issues using 5 of the same mq in the pantene deal… Buy 8 shampoo or conditioners and 1 styler. Use (4) $4/2 and (1) $2/1 styler mq. If you don’t have that many coupons you can use (1) $5/3, (2) $2/1 and (2) $4/2 but they will be $.33 each. I never give them a reason to question my coupons.

Michelle,
I was planning on doing a Pantene deal very similar to yours but just noticed it won’t work. The $5/3 coupon actually expired on 9-14. I hate it when they mess with the dates on the P&G coupons, it’s just easier when they all expire at the end of the month!

The Dove men+care are in different +up deals than the regular Dove. The Dove body wash, deodorant, haircare, and bath soap are all included in buy $15 get $5 +ups (limit 2). The tresemme is such a good deal but also included in the Dove deal so watch the limit! Dove men including Axe and Degree are buy $6 get $2 +ups (limit 4). Unfortunately no double dips on Dove this time 🙁

I had sort of a serendipitous experience. I got a Cascade 20-ct actionpacs on sale for $3.99 (there’s a $5 MIR in today’s P&G), a Robitussin for $1.99 after cpn, and one item from the dollar aisle. I never looked in that aisle till today, but I found some goodies there which are only 80 cents with 20% discount. Lots of stuff there: 40-ct dryer sheets; vanilla wafers (fake ones); cheese crackers, lots more. Great filler items to soak up some of those expiring UPs. I paid 78 cents & got a $1 UP on Robitussin which I’ll use on $ aisle stuff before I depart. 🙂 Used to buy 80-cent 3-packs of YooHoo & Hawaiian Punch when I was a little short of the UP redemption amt, but no more.

The only reason I have you using two RC49 coupons in the scenario listed above is because you are purchasing two of the Clear hair care items. You are correct in that you can not use two RC49 coupons on one item, but the above scenario is fine.